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Catered to all audiences (Ex: includes realistic protrayls of people of all classes)My Three Daughters, and LearThemes SummaryKing Lear - Storm SceneShakespeare Why is Shakespeare a great playwright?King Lear: ArtistryCreated by: Jamie Aneshansel, Robert Billings, Ben Jaszczak, Anthony Nordman, Victoria Stack, & Dollcie Webb Shakespeare was born April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.Much of his younger years lie in ambiguity, but he is believed to have attended the King's New School in his hometown.At 18 he married Anne Hathaway, 26. Their first child, Susanna, was born in May, 1583.William and Anne had 3 children together, one dying at the age of 11.Around 1585, William left for London to begin his career as an actor and a playwright.William Shakespeare died April 23, 1616.Slings and Arrows LoyaltyFamily vs. RelationshipsAuthority vs. ResponsibilitySanity vs. InsanityNothing is idealized

Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears do scald like molten lead. -Lear

They get sick of Daddy and kick him out into a horrible stormGloucester has two sons Edgar (legitimate) and Edmund (Bastard)Gloucester is loyal to Lear

Edmund, through a series of evil schemes, gets his brother to run away and his father to hand over all his land and wealthGloucester & Sons

War breaks out between Reagan and Goneril’s kingdom and Cordelia’s French Army

Reagan and Goneril’s side wins and imprisons Cordelia and King Lear

Through acts of jealousy and hatred lots of people die.In the End...King Lear & DaughtersKing Lear has three daughters (Reagan, Goneril, and Cordelia)Gives up responsibility and gives the kingdom to his daughtersBanishes Cordelia who runs off and marries the King of FranceLear then spends his time visiting Regan and Goneril with his 100 knights